Saturday, 17 January 2009

David & Goliath

Steven's sorta tall for his age. I'm not even kidding.

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But for whatever reason, our junior team played against the senior team of another school Thursday night, and Steven played toe to toe with this big guy. In our b-ball version of David and Goliath, Goliath's team won.

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The good part came later. Steven's coach always takes time with the team after a game (as all good coaches do) and in this wrap-up talk he reminded the team of the skills camp they have coming up on Sunday. Then he turned to Steven and said, "You probably can't come, right Steve?" to which all Steven had to do was reply, "Right." When Steven told me this before he headed to the locker room, my response was, "That's awesome, isn't it nice you got to do that the easy way? All you had say was 'Right'."

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Steve pretty much agreed. Easy.

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Then, in the parking lot (while I was waiting for Steven to come out of the school) the coach approached me and told me, "If Steven can't come to the skills camp on Sunday, don't worry about it. It won't count against him." With that short interaction, Coach D. has bought my ongoing dedication and loyalty to the basketball team. And the nameless, numerous LDS boys he has coached in the past, that have refrained from Sunday basketball, have my gratitude. Thanks for paving the way guys.

That is so great! Our neighbor's daughter was invited to play club soccer last year and the coach announced last week that they are playing tournaments on Sundays and whoever doesn't play them will be cut from the team.I was so proud of this 9 year old girl, there wasn't even a question in her mind, she would find another team to play for, because she wasn't playing on Sunday.

Thank Steven for being such a great role model for Blake. It will undoubtedly make my job as a parent easier with cousins like him (and Ross) for Blake to look up to. (Likewise for the girls, of course!)xo

That's great that the coach knows the kids have other aspects of their lives than just basketball. And way to go, stepping up to those big guys on the court!

Looks like your larger picture worked in the last post--cool picture, cool painting!

Sorry to hear about your foot pain (I did have to smile when you started listing off all of the braces you end up wearing, sorry). I knew a girl who had plantar fasciitis at the police academy--didn't look fun. Good luck!